ICHG NEWS and LINKS

Details below of forthcoming events and news items

Launch of Oxford Textbook of Global Health of Women, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents

Editors: Delan Devakumar, Jenny Hall, Zeshan Qureshi, Joy Lawn

Venue: The Library, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT

Date: Wednesday 13th February 2019 – 17.45

This Oxford Textbook is the first comprehensive book on this topic, and is written by many leading experts from all over the world. Taking a life-course approach, the chapters start with adolescence, covering sexual and reproductive health, HIV, pregnancy, birth mental health, and much more. Child development is traced from conception through pregnancy, the newborn period, and into childhood and adolescence, with topics including newborn care, nutrition, infections, and injuries.

At the launch event we will hear from the editors, as well as from Professor Baron Peter Piot, the Director of LSHTM and Professor Anthony Costello, a renowned expert on maternal, newborn and child health and previous Director of the Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health at the World Health Organization. There will be refreshments and the book will be available for purchase at a significant discount. You can pre-order the book at 25% discount.

Commission on Migration and Health

Launch of the Lancet Commission on Migration and Health - have a look!

And an interesting article written by committee members from our Advocacy Group - have a look!

Global Compact for Migration

The ICHG’s submission to the Global Compact for Migration - have a look!

Winter Meeting 2018 - Thank You!

Our annual winter meeting 2018 was held on the 19th November at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool and what an inspiring day! Thank you to all our speakers and attendees in Malawi and Liverpool and a huge congratulations to the conference organisers!

This years theme was 'Survive, Thrive and Transform'. Inspiring and enabling child health professionals to implement the WHO Strategy Survive, Thrive and Transform agenda in their practice, and to address it's goals through partnership and collaboration with colleagues from around the world. With a fantastic line up of speakers from across the globe, combined with practical workshops designed to upskill our members for action, this day was worth waiting for!

Urgent Vacancy - Doctor needed in Myanmar (25 September 2018)

An urgent call-out from RCPCH Global who are looking for a volunteer doctor to fill an unexpected vacancy in Myanmar. The start date is immediate.

Child Health Information for All (CHIFA)- Join now.

Please see the following or go to www.chifa.org for more details on this exciting group that ICHG is proud to support.

RCPCH ETAT+ e-learning modules now live.

This is an excellent opportunity to familiarise yourself with World Health Organisation (WHO) paediatric guidelines and to gain experience of the ETAT+ resuscitation course free of charge. Click here for the modules.

RCPCH Global Links Volunteer Programme

RCPCH is recruiting doctors for6 to 12 month clinical placements in hospitals across five partner countries: Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The programme supports child health through training and mentoring local staff and transferring life-saving skills. RCPCH works with each paediatrician to develop specific placement objectives in collaboration with their local African counterparts. These objectives will be focused on improving the quality of local paediatric services, while enabling volunteers to develop clinical leadership and managerial skills. Click here for more details.

RCPCH GLOBAL HEALTH CONSULTANCY

The GHC is a register of paediatricians and other health professionals who are interested to engage in global child health, particularly in low and middle-income settings. If you are a member of the RCPCH you can join the GHC by completing this form, adding details about your professional, research and leadership experience, and emailing your form together with the required attachments (CV and passport photograph) to ghc@rcpch.ac.uk.